Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A heart breaking gut punch but has it been coming?
MEATH…2-13 MAYO…0-22 Gut feelings are seldom wrong. Unfortunately. Perhaps the old adage about things being too good to be true holds true more often than we might care to admit. Just as they had done in matches against Louth and Cork throughout the season, Meath were off the starting blocks in Bolt-like fashion. With Ciaran…
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Selections for Down Royal – June 20th 2026
2.08: VAUNTINGLY (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.41: THEOLOGIA (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.16: SWIFT CHARM (GAVIN RYAN/W. R. CRAWFORD) 3.53: FIVER FRIDAY (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.33: MERGUS SERRATOR (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.13: GREY FABLE – EW – (ROBBIE COLGAN/KARL THORNTON) 5.43: JOE COOL (ADAM CAFFREY/NOEL MEADE)
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Selections for Down Royal – June 19th 2026
5.10: TRADEWINDS (CHRIS HAYES/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 5.40: TREASURED ROYAL (RORY MULLIGAN (5)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.15: SPIRIT ABOVE (RORY MULLIGAN (5)/KEVIN M. SMITH) 6.50: NOUVEL ESPOIR – EW – (SHAY WALLACE (7)/JIMMY BARCOE) 7.25: JOGA BONITO (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 8.00: TREASURE ROSE (DONAGH O’CONNOR/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 8.30: DERVO ANNIE (JACK KEARNEY (3)/CLAIRE O’CONNELL)
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Selections for Limerick – June 19th 2026
4.10: ELUSIVE PATH (ROBBIE COLGAN/GER LYONS) 4.47: GREEN AMORO (DECLANN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.20: ZENFORD (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.50: TOFINO – EW – (ROBERT WHEARTY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.27: CARVALHAL – EW – (NICOLA BURNS (5)/ROBBIE BURNS) 7.02: LAYFAYETTE – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY/NOEL MEADE) 7.37: BLISSFUL BONITA (ROBERT WHEARTY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 8.10: DAWN COMING (ADAM CAFFREY/CHARLES BYRNES)
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Podcast Episode: Mobility matters under the spotlight with proposed new scheme
Pip: Welcome to Boylan Talks Sport — where the remit stretches, as it should, well beyond the final whistle. Mara: Brendan is writing today about something that sits right at the intersection of lived experience and policy — disability mobility supports, and what a proposed government scheme could mean for the people who depend on…
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Selections for Leopardstown – June 18th 2026
4.35: MISS ELLIE MAE (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.10: MICKEY THE STEEL – EW – (WESLEY JOYCE (3)/JOE MURRAY) 5.45: COSMIC FUNK – EW – (GARY CARROLL/GER LYONS) 6.20: GOLDDREAM – EW – (ROBBIE COLGAN/DAVID MARNANE) 6.50: RAMPAGE – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 7.20: REAL PETITE – EW – (JIMMY DALTON (7)/TOM MULLINS) 7.50:…
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Mobility matters under the spotlight with proposed new scheme
So much of life depends on who rather than what you know. Think about it – no matter what service you need – doctor, undertaker, butcher, agri contractor – you’ll go to somebody you know. Over time developing a relationship with them and, in turn, sending other business their way if the opportunity arises. Given…
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Dunboyne left glancing over their shoulder
St Peter’s, Dunboyne…1-09Ratoath…0-15 A fifth defeat in nine league games leaves Dunboyne dangling just above the bacon slicer that is relegation and in a situation where they must get a win from either of their final two matches against Donaghmore/Ashbourne and Skryne respectively. Another narrow defeat will have done little to lift spirits in the…
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Dame Vera Lynn on overdrive!
The iconic late singer’s hopeful prophecy was very much an anthem for British troops going into battle at the time of World War II. As if to say to themselves We’ll Meet Again by way of convincing themselves it would be so. Of course, with actual armed conflict, there are no such guarantees, as the…
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Selections for Kilbeggan – June 15th 2026
4.40: LE COQ HARDI (MIKE O’CONNOR/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.12: MILAN FORTH – EW – (KEVIN HEALY (7)/SIMON CAVANAGH) 5.42: VENNUSIENNE (AIDAN KELLY (3)/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.12: SILVER SALUTE – EW – (JOEY DUNNE (7)/IAN DONOGHUE) 6.42: ISLAND MCCOO (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/DONNCHA DUGGAN) 7.12: LOVE LIKE THIS – EW – (BRIAN BARRY (7)/JOHN RYAN) 7.42: JACOVIC CAVERN…
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